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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 3320005, member: 78298&quot;]It&#039;s a large date.</p><p>It is in nice condition, and I would save it. But there&#039;s no real value there.</p><p>They made billions of this type. (If copper)</p><p>No mintage numbers for the zincs but 2 billion Philly zinc LD</p><p>and 1 billion Denver zinc&nbsp; LD is ballpark.</p><p>I arrive at my ballpark numbers by figuring that 17 billion were produced,</p><p>almost 11 billion (large, small, copper, zinc) at Philly and 6 billion (large copper, large small zinc) at Denver.</p><p>They switched to zinc at the very end of the year, so there are less of them.</p><p>The easiest way to tell is to weigh them. Copper 3.1g zinc 2.5g. There are </p><p>some visual tells. Copper will usually look a little more chocolatey, and often with the zinc you can see the zinc if there is any break in the plating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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